Skate with automatic fastening



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' H. F. MORSBACH.

SKATE WITH AUTOMATIC FASTBNING.-

No. 551,136. v'Patented Deo. 10, 1895. d

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H I' MORSBAH SKATE WITH AUTOMATlG FASATENING; No. 551,136. Patented Dec. 10, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO FRIEDLIEB MORSBACH, OE SOLINGEN, GERMANY.

SKATE WITH AUTOMATIC FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,136, dated December 10, 1895.

Application filed June 8, 1895. Serial No. 552,182. (No model.)

To aZZ whom t may oon/cern:

Be it known that I, HUGO FEIEDLIEB Mons- BACH, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Solingen, in the Empire of Germany, have invented a new and useful Skate with Automatic Fastening Arrangement, of

. which the followingis a speciiication.

The purpose of this arrangement is to securely fasten the skate to the boot by downward pressure of the foot.

Figure l on the drawings shows the skate in top view, and Fig. 2 shows the same in bottom view, while Figs. 3 and showside views in two diiferent positions.

The skate consists of the skate iron or runner A, upon which the two rests B and C for the toes and heel of the foot are fastened. On the p t O are two hinges a a, in which two plates b b, lying one above the other, can move upward and downward. The hinges are so wide as to admit of a lateral movement of the plates Z) h. The plates Z7 b are of the form shown in Fig. l, each having slots c, which are in slanting position to each other. The two plates b b, carrying the cheek-pieces ff and g g, are held together by a pin CZ, which is in the slots c c. Over the front end of the plates a plate h is arranged in the two slots a' t', of which the plates b b receive the proper guidance by the pins k Zo. At the lower end of the pin CZ are pivoted two single-armed levers Z Z on the right and left, and which are pivoted near the other end to a nut m, through which passesl the adjustable screw fn.

If the skate in its position as shown in Fig. 2 is brought into the position as shown in Fig. 1 by downward pressure of the foot, then the pin CZ in the slots c c is pushed toward the front by the levers ZZturning on their axle o. Through the slanting position of the slots to each other the plates b o are drawn together, whereby the cheek-pieoesff and g g are pressed against the boot, thus firmly and securely fastening the skate. In this position the plates b b are prevented from lifting by the hook p, which is subject to the influence of the spring q.

The skate can easily be set to suit any width of boot by the adjustable screw n.

That I claim is- In askate the combination of the two plates b b lying one above the other, the two levers Z Z, hinged to the nut m, the pin CZ moving in the slots c c of the plates b b, as set forth.

HUGO FRIEDLIEB MORSBACH. Witnesses:

C. REMNEY, K. HoLLwEG. 

